Tap at the first Keyaki. Nice, citrusy, bit grassy. Decent bitterness, quite grainy too. Aroma is a bit yeasty. Nice and refreshing start.

Tap at Keyaki Spring 2017. Nose of oranges, wheat, peaches, mango. Tangy fruit flavor, pepper, oranges, mango, biscuits. Rather ugly brown-orange with lace. A bit flat, smooth. Good but could be awesome with some fine-tuning.

Deep orange, some haze, white foam. Floral and some greener herbal hops in the nose, little fruity sweetness as well. Taste brings out some more hops, nice bitter but not rough, very balanced and soft, even creamy. Nice and super drinkable, smooth IPA, liking its mellow hop character.

Tap at Transporter x Nakameguro Taproom Taiwan Earthquake relief event. Light caramel, peach and pepper on the nose. Average carbonation with a medium body. More peach and some apricot on the palate, some stone fruit. Light pepper and honey on the finish. Very nice malty British styled IPA. The yeast may have covered up some of the hoppy aromas in my glass. Anyway, not bad at all, just maybe not up to Zakkoku standards. --- Beer merged from original tick of The Door Into Summer IPA (夏への扉) on 25 Feb 2016 at 19:01 - Score: 7. Original review text: British styled IPA but nice peach and apricot notes

The door into summer IPA 6.5% 夏への扉 At the Toyama Beer fest. A clear vibrant gold with a big juicy hop bouquet of oranges & tropical fruits. A bracingly bitter flavor with a piney hit at first while the orange comes into play in the finish. Evoking summer check - damn good stuff. As it warms up the pine overwhelms the fruit...

Tried at the Snow Monkey Live 2015. Dark Amber color. Stone fruit and citrusy nose. Well balanced. Bitter.